It is three years since the little gnomes found themselves without a home. In that three years they have settled down in my garden and a new generation has appeared, they are more colourful - almost psychedelic - and now come in three different heights and shapes.

The clearly written pattern is easy to follow. They are a very quick knit and ideal for mascots, charity knits and teacher’s presents.

Materials neededFor each gnome you will need: Less than 25g of fun fur or eyelash yarn in the colour of your choice. Less than 10g of DK/8 ply/11 WPI in flesh for nose and hands Less than 25g in the colour of your choice for hats and feet Scrap of green and yellow for hat flower. A pair of 3.25mm/UK 10/US 3 needles Fibrefill Twig (optional) 2.05 crochet hook (optional)